Members of the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce will soon be required to adhere to a new structure of payment.

At the beginning of the year, the Chamber will be changing their payment and enrollment structure. Existing clients will soon be converted into a new type of membership, not one that pertains to the type of business, but rather the services desired.

While lawmakers in Washington push for a ban from children working in tobacco fields, local farmers aren’t quite sure that’s the right move.

Current U.S. agriculture labor laws allow children 12 and older, with their parent's permission, to be hired for unlimited hours outside of school hours on a farm of any size. Also, youths of any age may work at any time in any job on a farm owned or operated by their parents.

But that could change, as 35 House Democrats made a plea to U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez last week to stop that practice.

Edwards Moving and Rigging has long been known for transporting extremely large items all over the country, and now they’re adding another dimension at their location on Everett Hall Road in Shelbyville.

Gathered in front of a newly established railroad spur, Edward’s representatives, local officials and other industry leaders held up a blue ribbon while company owner Mark Edwards ceremoniously snipped it to open the company’s new set of tracks.

“It’s settling in nicely,” said Steve Ladden of his post as head of security at the Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass in Simpsonville.
Ladden, 54, a Colorado native who has lived in Shelbyville for 12 years, was a police officer in Colorado Springs as well as head of security at the Citadel Mall there, so with 20 plus years of experience in the law enforcement field, he feels right at home in his new position.